of norwood



E. L. HENDERSON. APRON.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. [915.

1,323,859. Patented Dec. 2,1919.

EDWIN L. HENDERSON, or Nonwoon, OHIO, A'SSIGNOR TO THE KEMPERFTHOMAS COMPANY, OF NORWOOD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

APRON.

Application filed July 17, 1915. Serial No. 40,420.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN L. HENDERSON, a citizen of the lfnited States, and a resident of Norwood, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aprons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to aprons designed for use by workmen in factories, carpenters, and the like, and'has as its object the providing of an apron of the greatest possible economy in manufacturing cost and material, and of the greatest possible durability consistent with economy. The difficulty in cutting down the cost of aprons which are made in reat quantities for use as advertising novelties, is that any waste of material in cutting the apron cloth will soon amount to a considerable loss. The object of this invention is to eliminate all waste of cloth, by so cutting the aprons as to leave no cloth over from a bolt. Another difliculty in aprons is that where they are put to severe use, as in a factory, the goods is liable to tear at the point of attachment of the ties which embrace the waste of the wearer. It is accordingly the object of this invention to provide for the attachment of ties to the apron at the waist such that there will be no chance of tearing at this point. It is fur ther the object of the invention to provide for pockets in the apron of such nature that but little extra labor and no waste of goods is required. I

These objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed. 7

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a front elevationof the apron.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a longitudinal section thereof.

Fig. 3 is a disassembled perspective of the apron.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a blank scored as cut for forming the upper or bib portion of the apron. Fig. 5 is a like view of the blank for the lower apron portion of the waist perspective. p

. The top portion 1 of the apron is cut with and of the apron in Specification of Letters Patent.

parts, and Fig. '6 is a Patented Dec. 2, 1919.

diagonal sides to clear the shoulders of the wearer, out of a bolt of goods 2 on diagonal lines 3, it being plain that cutting in this manner results in the cutting from the belt of a series of like pieces with the alternate ones inverted as shown in Fig. 4:. The portion 4 below the waist of the wearer is cut from a wide bolt of cloth 5 in rectangular pieces, this resulting in a cutting whichmay be turned up at the lower edge to form pockets as will be described, and the two cuttings being made without any waste of cloth whatever.

For the neck band or loop which passes over the head of the wearer, a comparatively wide strip of binding 6 is provided which is folded lengthwise and stitched along on both sides of the diagonal edges of the upper portion 1 of the apron so as to form an edging.

The band is long enough to extend beyond the upper end of this portion 1 to form the neck loop 7 and the stitching runs around this loop as well as through the strip where it is used asan edging.

For securing the top to the lower portion of the apron, two strips of binding 8, 8, are used, and double stitched so that the lapped edges of the two pieces are joined together.

-The two pieces are bent together at 9 at one corner of the lower portion which is wider than the upper portion, and secured by a button 10, which button also serves as a securing button for the waist band. The

two strips sewed together are continued. away from the other end of the lower portion so as to form the waist band or strip 11, and mounted on the strip is a buckle clasp 12 which is adapted to engage over the but- I ton 10.

For forming the pockets the lower portion 4 is turned up. at the bottom to form a flap 13, and this flap is stitched to the portion 1 by. means of 'a lengthwise folded binding strip 14: similar to the strip 6. To form a ruler or pencil pocket the stitches 15 are sewed parallel to each other down the central portion of the pocket formed as above, which stitches also divide the pocket portion into two pockets beside this pencil pocket.

- It is thus clear that the apron formed as now described is made without waste of cloth, and is securely bound at all edges in a simple manner.

The fact that the waist 'band is a continuous strap and does not pull I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a factory apron, separate bib and apron portions, a pair of binding strips.

stitched at each side of the meeting line of the said portions, one end of said two strips extending beyond said portions a sufficient distance for a belt, a button for securing the free end of the belt to the apron, and the other end of said strips bent back along said meeting line and secured in place" by said button.

2. A factory apron having an apron portion of rectangular shape, and a separable bib portion cut with equilateral converging sides with one broad and one narrow end, and means for securing said two portions permanently together to form said factory apron complete, whereby said two portions of the apron may be cut from separate bolts of cloth leaving no wastage in the bolts for cutting further apron portions, and for cutting further .bib portions in alternately re-- versed positions.

EDWIN L. HENDERSON. 

